From the Founding of the City
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From the Founding of the City is the traditional English title of Livy’s monumental history of Rome, which chronicles the city’s legendary origins through the early days of the Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| From the Founding of the City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3306941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: From the Founding of the City Context triple: [Ab Urbe Condita, titleTranslation, From the Founding of the City]
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A.
Novus ordo seclorum
Novus ordo seclorum is the Latin motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, meaning “new order of the ages” and symbolizing the beginning of a new American era.
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City Without Walls
City Without Walls is a poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his mature style, blending moral reflection, social commentary, and formal experimentation.
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C.
Sancta Civitas
Sancta Civitas is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, often described as a mystical oratorio based on the Book of Revelation.
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D.
Nine Free Cities
The Nine Free Cities are a group of independent, wealthy city-states on the western coast of Essos in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* and *Game of Thrones*, known for their trade, mercenary companies, and cultural influence.
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E.
Seven Hills
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: From the Founding of the City Target entity description: From the Founding of the City is the traditional English title of Livy’s monumental history of Rome, which chronicles the city’s legendary origins through the early days of the Roman Empire.
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A.
Novus ordo seclorum
Novus ordo seclorum is the Latin motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, meaning “new order of the ages” and symbolizing the beginning of a new American era.
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B.
City Without Walls
City Without Walls is a poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his mature style, blending moral reflection, social commentary, and formal experimentation.
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C.
Sancta Civitas
Sancta Civitas is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, often described as a mystical oratorio based on the Book of Revelation.
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D.
Nine Free Cities
The Nine Free Cities are a group of independent, wealthy city-states on the western coast of Essos in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* and *Game of Thrones*, known for their trade, mercenary companies, and cultural influence.
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E.
Seven Hills
Seven Hills is a suburban city in northeastern Ohio, located just south of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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ancient Roman literature ⓘ historical work ⓘ history book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
preserve Rome’s past
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provide moral instruction through history ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ab urbe condita
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surface form:
Ab urbe condita libri
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| author | Livy ⓘ |
| booksSurvivingRange |
Books 1–10
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Books 21–45 ⓘ |
| chronicles |
Roman Republic
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legendary origins of Rome ⓘ transition from Republic to Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| coversPeriodEnd | early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coversPeriodStart | legendary founding of Rome ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Punic Wars
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establishment of the Roman Republic ⓘ expulsion of the Roman kings ⓘ founding of Rome by Romulus ⓘ rise of Roman hegemony in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
exempla of Roman virtue
ⓘ
moral lessons from Roman history ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
ⓘ
history ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
decline of traditional Roman morals
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greatness of Rome ⓘ role of fate and the gods in history ⓘ |
| historicalTradition | Roman historiography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance humanist historiography
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later Roman historians ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
annalistic
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rhetorical ⓘ |
| mainSubject | history of Rome ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksPlanned | 142 ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksSurviving | 35 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ab urbe condita ⓘ |
| setIn |
Italian peninsula
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Mediterranean world ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| structure | arranged in books ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
Augustan age
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surface form:
reign of Augustus
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| usesSources |
earlier Roman annalists
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official records ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ |
| writtenInCentury |
1st century AD
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1st century BC ⓘ |
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Subject: From the Founding of the City Description of subject: From the Founding of the City is the traditional English title of Livy’s monumental history of Rome, which chronicles the city’s legendary origins through the early days of the Roman Empire.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ab Urbe Condita